Pass-book.



F. J. HICKS.

PASS BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED F3123, 1910.

Patented June 21,1910.

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FRANK J. HICKS, OF BELDING, MICHIGAN.

PASS-BOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. HICKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belding, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Pass-Book; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will on able others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in leaf holding devices and isdesigned to provide simple means for holding the account leaves of abank depositor or other person, so that card board, paper, leather orother composition covers may be dispensed with.

It is the experience of practically all banks that many of the newdepositors leave their deposits in bank but for a short time. When adepositor opens an account with a bank he is given a pass book, which isusually of good quality of paper and is provided with covers made inimitation of leather or other material. Should the depositor desire towithdraw his money after a short period of time the book is returned tothe bank. In many cases such returned pass books will show considerablewear or become soiled so as to prevent the re-use by a succeeding newdepositor, thus compelling the banks to discard them. By means of myinvention a device is provided which comprises two hinged metal covers,each provided with flanges adapted to hold one or more account leavesthereon, whereby each leaf when used up may be readily removed andreplaced with a new leaf, and

so on.

In the following specification and in the accompanying drawings theconstruction of my improved device is described and illustrated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is 'a front elevation showing an account leafsecured to one of the hin ed covers and the other cover without a leaFig. 2 is a detail view of the hinged joint. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrativepurposes and are accordingly not drawn to scale, 1 denotes Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1910.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 545,534.

the right cover and 2 the left cover, which are made of aluminum orother metal. The outer edges of the covers 1 and 2 are provided withinturned overlapping flanges 3, the top edges with flanges 4L and thebottom edges with flanges 5. The inner edge of the cover 1 is providedwith hinge knuckles 6 and 7 spaced apart by the flange 8, which serveswith the other flanges to hold an account leaf on the cover 1. The cover2 is provided with hinge knuckles 9 and 10 spaced apart by the flange11, which serves with the other flanges of said cover 2 to hold anaccount leaf thereon. The covers 1 and 2 are connected together by meansof a pintle 12, which is passed through the knuckles of the two covers.The flanges 8 and 11 extend inwardly of the knuckles to prevent theaccount leaves from engaging the same, and in this way becoming torn orinjured.

The cover 1 serves to hold the credit leaf face of an account while thecover 2 serves to hold the debit face. By slightly warping the leavesthey may be placed in secured position on the covers or removedtherefrom. Owing to the superior durability of metal the covers willshow, on the average, very little wear and therefore can be used again,repeatedly.

The improved device enables a bank to supply new depositors with accountor pass books at a much lower cost than heretofore.

Having described my invention I claim:

In an account leaf holder, a pair of metallic covers provided withhinged knuckles on their inner edges,apintle passed through the knucklesadapted to hold the covers together, flanges on the inner edges of thecovers adapted to hold leaves away from the knuckles and flanges on theremaining edges of the covers adapted to removably hold with the otherflanges account leaves on the covers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK J. HICKS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. SANDELL, AL WEBBER.

